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<blockquote data-quote="smallworld" data-source="post: 121658" data-attributes="member: 2423"><p>Hi Pam, my son has a diagnosis of Mood Disorder-not otherwise specified. He recently spent 6 weeks in a day treatment program at a local psychiatric hospital. The psychiatrists there were able to observe J 6.5 hours a day. For two years, all we saw was depression once his manic reaction to Zoloft was stopped with Depakote. At the day treatment program, the psychiatrists observed mania in several forms, behaviors we saw but didn't interpret as mania because we're not professionals. And even our outside psychiatrist didn't diagnosis mania because he only saw J for one hour weekly. My point in relaying all this info to you is that it takes skilled professionals a lot of time to figure out exactly what's going on.</p><p> </p><p>Once the day treatment psychiatrists determined that J was experiencing mood swings with both depression and mania, they decided to treat him with the BiPolar (BP) algorithim of two mood stabilizers and one atypical antipsychotic. And you know what, the medications are working. For the first time in two years, J is less depressed and less oppositional. I can't say we're out of the woods, but we've certainly made a lot of progress in the last 6 weeks. </p><p> </p><p>FWIW, the psychiatrists will not give J the BiPolar (BP) diagnosis because BiPolar (BP) is a lifelong illness and they say they do not know what J will look like as an adult. But for now, the medications used to treat BiPolar (BP) are working, and for that I am grateful.</p><p> </p><p>I hope you get some answers soon.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smallworld, post: 121658, member: 2423"] Hi Pam, my son has a diagnosis of Mood Disorder-not otherwise specified. He recently spent 6 weeks in a day treatment program at a local psychiatric hospital. The psychiatrists there were able to observe J 6.5 hours a day. For two years, all we saw was depression once his manic reaction to Zoloft was stopped with Depakote. At the day treatment program, the psychiatrists observed mania in several forms, behaviors we saw but didn't interpret as mania because we're not professionals. And even our outside psychiatrist didn't diagnosis mania because he only saw J for one hour weekly. My point in relaying all this info to you is that it takes skilled professionals a lot of time to figure out exactly what's going on. Once the day treatment psychiatrists determined that J was experiencing mood swings with both depression and mania, they decided to treat him with the BiPolar (BP) algorithim of two mood stabilizers and one atypical antipsychotic. And you know what, the medications are working. For the first time in two years, J is less depressed and less oppositional. I can't say we're out of the woods, but we've certainly made a lot of progress in the last 6 weeks. FWIW, the psychiatrists will not give J the BiPolar (BP) diagnosis because BiPolar (BP) is a lifelong illness and they say they do not know what J will look like as an adult. But for now, the medications used to treat BiPolar (BP) are working, and for that I am grateful. I hope you get some answers soon. [/QUOTE]
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